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LIDICKER
1959
full grown r[illegible] in prison ovv camp. Also saw P[illegible]
skeleton & wh. bk. Rave. Something had stolen our
jack rabbit bait but not triked the traps. Coyote
& Turkey sign constant around fresita. Set
3 rat traps - 2 grassy area where 3 musmim species hid
near spring without catching anything. Set 43 was special
on other grassy flat N of camp & also in sycamore thickets.
Also made 3 new gopher sets. Saw 3 or turkey goin
to fresita at dark. Reset "coyote set" with rotten
oldspite into Ward, ~~ Wa staked the duck dam
this time & set an additional trap near the bait.
June 17
Ked gray fox - "coyote top set". Catch on
trapline: Diplostomy ordin-1
Paropgeus longii =2
Taylor got a S[illegible] minimus & another ordin.
& shot 2 Purple Martins, a Robin, & a Violet-
green Swallow. Skinned catch. @ Ward & ATm
both shot turkeys - Ward at 8 ~9 lb. a Miller
a hen about 7lb. Stuber got a field or Worthers
S[illegible]s & Miller got a Trogon elegans; Taylor
a Barn Owl. Stuber went into the ranch n1030
to see Don Ramon & didn't get back until almost
1600. He brought back a Catebus spikeroom from
Open flat W of camp. After dinner I reset 43
traps set last night & set 25 new -